Pot experiments were conducted to study the effect of varying zinc fert-fortification approaches on zinc enrichment
of pulses grains at ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur for two consecutive years. This study investigated
the influence of different approaches viz; foliar fertilization, seed coating, soil-application and seed priming of zinc on
the zinc concentration in four legume crops i.e. fieldpea, urdbean, rajmash, and chickpea. The results envisaged that
foliar zinc application at 1.0 % significantly increased zinc concentration in fieldpea grains to the level of 32.37 mg/kg.
Zinc concentration in urdbean grains increased steadily with higher levels of seed coating, with 5.0 g Zn/kg seed
attained the highest concentration (36.77 mg/kg). In Rajmash, zinc concentration in grains increased gradually with
increasing soil-applied zinc, peaking at 3.5 mg Zn/kg soil (17.87 mg/kg in grains). In chickpea, zinc concentration
increased progressively with higher zinc concentrations in the seed priming solution, with the highest concentration
(35.75 mg/kg) observed at the highest application level (0.175 mg/kg). These findings suggest that both foliar and
soil-application methods, along with seed treatments, can significantly enhance the zinc content of legume grains, with
specific concentrations identified as optimal for each method